Ambition and betrayal reign supreme in this electrifying reimagining of Shakespeare’s poetic masterpiece. Set in 1980s Manhattan, the neon skyline and shadowy backrooms become an epic battleground of identity and power, where a king’s divine right crumbles beneath the weight of human frailty. Michael Urie’s virtuosic performance and Craig Baldwin’s inventive adaptation make Richard’s tragic descent freshly immediate, staged a stone’s throw from the site of the historic Astor Place Riots, the original American cocktail of politics, insurrection, and Shakespeare. This is Shakespeare like no other — intimate, innovative, and utterly unmissable.
October 28th, 2025
November 30th, 2025
By: William Shakespeare, adapted by Craig Baldwin
Director: Craig Baldwin
Cast list: Michael Urie (as Richard II), Grantham Coleman (as Bolingbroke), Ron Canada (as Gaunt/Bishop of Carlisle), Kathryn Meisle (as Duke of York), David Mattar Merten (as Aumerle), Lux Pascal (as Queen), James Seol (as Green/Gardener 2), Daniel Stewart Sherman (as Mowbray/Scroop), Ryan Spahn (as Bagol/Welsh Captain) , Emily Swallow and Sarin Monae West (as Bushy/Gardener 1).
Sets: Arnulfo Maldonado
Costumes: Rodrigo Muñoz
Lighting: Jeanette Yew
Sound: Brandon Wolcott
Other info: Fight direction and intimacy coordination by Rick Sordelet
Richard II is at New York's Astor Place Theatre, which is located at 434 Lafayette Street, New York, 10003.
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